Curiosity has detected traces of nitrogen on Mars surface, adding evidence that the red planet could have once supported life.
An Italian space buff has claimed to have spotted the face of Mahatma Gandhi etched into the rocks of Mars while scanning through latest pictures of the Red Planet.
Mars, which is already bright, will be more brighter on the eastern sky -- the brightest light in the midnight sky other than moon.
"We started it by 1.17 am and have successfully completed the first orbit raising manoeuvre of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft. Right now, the computation is going on," an ISRO spokesman told PTI.
Mars One's ambitious mission to send four people to colonise the red planet in 2024,has been pushed back by two years.
A quick recap of the Mars Orbiter Mission's major milestones on the way to Mars
According to a CNN report, Just 34.6 million miles of space will separate the two planets on August 27.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is relying on support from billionaires and big corporations, while hers is a people powered campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday addressing her first election rally, a day after she became the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot's radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet's surface.
According to the European Space Agency, the unmanned spacecraft -- Schiaparelli -- exploded on impact with the Martian surface after falling from as high as 13,000 ft (4,000 m).
Having conquered the moon long time ago, the NASA now plans to send astronauts to Mars -- in what is called a journey which will cover hundreds of millions of miles and no less than two-and-a-half years of roundtrip.The way to Mars, it seems, is through the moon, says a report in CBS News.
The 35-year-old is judo's most decorated athlete at the Olympics with six medals.
Williams said her long stay in space would definitely help her face the rigours of the long journey to Mars.
According to the police, 16-17 members of a family from Sayyad Nagar in Pune's Hadapsar area had hired a private bus to visit the scenic spot near Lonavala for a picnic on the rain-soaked day.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Curiosity rover will send daily weather reports from Mars within a week or so, as it prepares for the first drive on the Red Planet.
NASA's Curiosity rover has found geological evidence of water which once ran vigorously across the area on Mars, after discovering gravel carried by an ancient stream on the Red planet.
Having reached the Red Planet, ISRO can now focus on getting humans in space and secure the resources to do it
Delhi's appeasement strategy may now translate as more mega arms deals with the US, generating substantial business and job creation in the American economy. Make no mistake, Americans will use it to pressure India, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
The plan to set up a human colony on Mars is a crude joke on unsuspecting and ignorant space enthusiasts, says Dinesh C Sharma.
"Since its injection into Earth's orbit yesterday, it has been functioning smoothly on the orbit. We are planning to perform orbit raising manoeuvres in the early hours of of Thursday," an Indian Space Research Organisation spokesman told PTI over phone.
NASA's Curiosity rover has completed one year on Mars. The car-sized robotic rover successfully landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, and has achieved its main goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life.
'We are in a dilemma if the central government supports this ethnic violence and Biren Singh.'
A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year event.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
Only three catches in the match, and all three were taken by the Gujarat Titans.
How India's players fared in the Bangladesh Test series.
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passengers get to feel the environment, its rocks, craters, the volcanoes, stormy weather and can even see a robot collecting dust and sending pictures to earth.
Critics of the Mars mission are asking why India should spend Rs 450 crore on this esoteric mission when there are so many other national priorities. The argument is too simplistic. Moreover, the technological experience of this mission is going to help us in more earthly applications, says Dinesh C Sharma.
A computer glitch on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has forced the scientists to put the robot on 'safe mode' while engineers try to fix the problem.
China would next month launch its much-awaited Mars probe mission, entering further deep into space exploration following two lunar projects, as the country braces itself for a deep space competition with the United States.
The third of the total of five orbit raising manoeuvres of the Mars Orbiter spacecraft was performed early on Saturday, raising its apogee, the farthest point from Earth, to over 71,000 km.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has won 23 seats while the Pakistan Peoples Party was second with eight seats and the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz secured just six seats, the state-run Radio Pakistan reported.
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
'She's been a terrific advocate for women's rights in recent months and her prosecutor's background will really help her challenge Trump in a forceful way that Biden could not,' notes Sree Sreenivasan.
India's Mars Orbiter Mission, which will look for scope of life on the red planet, will be a reality in either October or November as the Indian Space Research Organisation unveiled the mission on Wednesday.
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NASA's Mars rover Spirit has found concentrated salt below the surface of the Red Planet, offering more evidence that water once existed on Mars.
